Today's Guest: Bill Medley, one-half of the soul and inspiration
of the Righteous Brothers, author of the memoir, The Time of My
Life, and blues CD, Your Heart to Mine.

Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Bill Medley,
one-half of the soul and inspiration of the Righteous Brothers,
author of the memoir, The Time of My Life, and blues CD, Your Heart
to Mine, by clicking on the video player above!

Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of guys who
got lucky in a backseat more than once to the sound of Bill
Medley’s voice – not that there’s anything wrong with that… in the
NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida!

Reading Bill Medley’s autobiography, The Time of My Life: A
Righteous Brother's Memoir, I was struck by something he may find
odd:

His career could have come crashing down probably a dozen times
since it began 50 years, starting with his first breakup with the
late Bobby Hatfield, his singing partner in the Righteous Brothers,
continuing through the murder of his first wife, his career as a
restaurateur, and so many songs he turned down that became monster
hits for others.
BILL MEDLEY podcast excerpt: "Phil Everly, Brian Wilson and myself
did 'In My Room' together for an album a few years ago. Brian and I
have been friends since we all started out together in the early
'60s. I love to listen to that record. You hear Brian's voice, then
Phil Everly's voice. It really warms my heart. Anybody that did
harmony listened to the Everly Brothers."
You can LISTEN to this interview with Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame
singer and member of THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS, BILL MEDLEY, author of
THE TIME OF MY LIFE, by clicking the audio player above!

But he always managed to pick up the pieces, reorganize, find a
new partner or path. Whatever it took, Bill Medley was not going to
be stopped... all the way to the 2003 induction of the Righteous
Brothers in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame.

And, oh, the colorful characters he met – and a few he romanced
– along the way: The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, Phil
Spector, Darlene Love, Connie Stevens, and Frank Sinatra, to name a
few.
BILL MEDLEY excerpt: "If I was going to do the book, I wanted to do
it as honestly as I could -- right, wrong or indifferent. I
certainly didn't want to turn our audience off -- people who love
the Righteous Brothers. Bobby Hatfield and I loved each other a
lot. We were just absolutely two different guys and we had two
different comfort levels. We didn't know that at the beginning. The
first three years, we just accidentally had a hit with 'Little
Latin Lupe Lu.' We were like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; we
didn't think it was gonna last."
The Time of My Life: A Righteous Brother's Memoir is the rare rock
autobiography that reads like a genuine memoir. It won’t change
your life the way Keith Richards did in his, but the authenticity
of Bill Medley’s storytelling and the input and contributions of
his lifelong friends will move you.

As for his new CD, Your Heart To Mine – it’s a slow, bluesy take
on songs you know but likely have never heard Bill Medley sing. My
favorites? “Rock Me Baby” and “Hold On I’m Comin’.”

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